Pierce Berke

Co-Founder

Co-founder of Tech & Business and podcast co-host. Studies Mathematics, Economics, and Computer Science at Amherst College. Covers business strategy and markets.

Articles by Pierce Berke

Net Neutrality at an Economic Glance

The ISP gamble.

Pierce Berke Feb 15, 2026 12 min

The Rise of Causal ML: Big Tech's Monopolistic Moat

Pierce Berke Feb 11, 2026 5 min

IBM-RedHat Acquisition, A significant Pivot

Pierce Berke Feb 8, 2026 12 min

Collusion and Predatory Pricing in the Airline Industry

The Difficulties in Litigating Anti-Trust Issues

Pierce Berke Jul 10, 2025 6 min

COVID-Era NYC Rent Crisis

The rationale behind the rent-hike crisis in New York City.

Pierce Berke Jul 10, 2025 13 min

Principal-Agent Problem: Incentive Misalignment between Limited Partners and Hedge Fund Managers

“Performance comes, performance goes. Fees never falter.” -Warren Buffett (hedge fund performance) 2017

Pierce Berke Jun 23, 2025 19 min

TechandBusiness.org Mission Statement

Leo Duarte & Pierce Berke Jun 19, 2025 8 min

Podcast

Episode

An Exclusive Sit-Down Interview with President Michael Elliott

Episode 2

The Statement Piece

Episode 1

Techandbusiness.org #1: "President" Leo Duarte

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IBM Thinkpad & Acquisition of RedHat, discussion on American dominance & open-source Chinese models

Pierce Berke , Leo Duarte , Joey Summa • Dec 10, 2025